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The moves by the Legislature come as California is experienc ing the dire effects of climate change. Higher temperatures and extreme heat waves, more frequent and prolonged drought and severe wildfires are plaguing the state, straining the state’s power grid, threatening the environment and posing risks to vulnerable communi ties.Newsom, who is up for reelection and in the final stretch of his first term, urged the Leg islature with only about three weeks left in the session to pass the six proposals and approve $54 billion in spending for his climate initiatives. Before that, lawmakers said he had mostly See CLiMaTe, page

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By aNNe TerNuS-BeLLaMy Enterprise staff writer The Davis City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to move the Sky Track zip lines located on the southern edge of Arroyo Park to a more central spot in the park further away from residences. The move is aimed at reducing the impact on nearby neighbors from the grating, clanging, metallic noise made by the playground equipment. But a number of people have ques tioned whether the move will actually solve the problem, including most of the dozen or so people who spoke during public comment on Tuesday evening.Many of them urged the council to move the Sky Track to Community Park where it would be further from residences and more accessible to the rest of the However,community.citystaff,acoustics con sultants and the city attorney all told the council that use of the Sky Track at the new location in Arroyo Park, just east of the pool, would not vio late the city’s noise ordinance as it did at the current location. And several council members said they prefer keeping the equipment in Arroyo Park where it has been very popular among families since its See zip, page a6

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Legislature OKs climate measures

California Gov. Gavin New som’s last-minute legislative plan for tackling the climate crisis was largely victorious as lawmakers approved laws to set interim targets for 100% clean energy, regulate projects to remove carbon from the atmo sphere and smokestacks, and end new oil drilling near com munities.Oneambitious bill for tack ling climate change, however, was shot down by the Assem bly: AB 2133 — which would have ramped up goals for reduc ing greenhouse gases — failed at the last minute. Five of the six climate and energy bills pushed by Newsom made it to his desk. He now has until Sept. 30 to sign or veto them.“This was a very big and his toric win. It has taken this state decades to get to this point,” said state Sen. Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, who authored SB 1137, a bill that requires set backs around new oil and gas wells and steps to protect resi dents at old wells.

The heat is on. With eight consecutive days currently forecast to top the century mark, local officials are urging residents to take precau tions and take advantage of cooling resources. Those resources include a weather relief center the city will oper ate at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St., where all are welcome, particu larly those without air conditioning at home. The senior center also has back-up power, so resi dents who lose power at home (PG&E is warning of potential outages) can come charge phones, medical devices and more.The senior center is normally only open week days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., but given the heat wave, will be open throughout the Labor Day weekend, with hours on Saturday from noon to 7 p.m.; on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and on Monday from noon to 7 p.m.All are welcome and masks are strongly encouraged.Otherlocal options for See

WOODLAND — Court proceedings resumed this week for the man accused of brutally beating a home less woman in South Davis lastJosephyear. Michael Granken appeared Thursday in Yolo Superior Court for a trialsetting conference after receiving psychiatric treat ment through the Califor nia Department of State Hospitals over the past year.A potential plea agree ment may eliminate the need for trial, however, and Judge Peter Williams put off setting a trial date while the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office considers Granken’s plea offer. According to Joseph Gocke, Granken’s public defender, Granken has offered to admit to a bat tery charge in connection with the April 27, 2021, assault on Heidi Young in SouthGranken,Davis. 29, went through several months of court proceedings before undergoing a mentalhealth evaluation, which led to a psychologist declar ing him mentally incompe tent to stand trial. Granken’s prior court appearances were punctu ated by loud vocal out bursts in which he demanded intervention in his case from the FBI, claiming authorities made alterations to his body from “illegal surgery.” His lawyer questioned whether Gran ken understood the crimi nal proceedings and could assist with his defense. Another judge previously upheld attempted murder, assault and battery charges against Granken following a June preliminary hearing. During that proceeding, two Davis police officers described the assault out side the Nugget shopping center that prompted wit nesses to confront Granken and detain him until police arrived on scene. Officer Christopher Rit ter said he arrived to find See SuSpeCT, page a6 Mainwww.davisenterprise.comline: 530-756-0800 Circulation: 530-756-0826 http://twitter.com/D_EnterpriseTheDavisEnterpriseNewspaperhttp://facebook.com/

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UCLA head football coach Chip Kelly, who had great success at Oregon but much less success with the Bruins, tops the list as the highest paid UC employee at any campus at a whopping $5.7 mil lion a year. Cal head football coach Justin Wilcox, whose team was a medio cre 5-7 last fall, checks in at an even $4 million. The Golden Bears, incidentally, open the 2022 football season Saturday against UC Davis, which is coached by Dan Hawkins, who makes a tenth of what Wilcox does. Whose shoes would you like to be in when that game is being played?Justfor the record, UCLA men's basketball coach Mick Cronin earns $3.9 million, while Cal men's basketball coach Mark Fox has some proving to do if he hopes to increase his miserly $1.7 million salary, which is barely enough to rent a one-bedroom apartment in Berkeley. Fox's contract is chump change compared to the $4 million the University of Oregon pays Dana Altman, its men's basketball coach. Then again, Altman has a few more wins under his belt than Fox does, and big-time college athletics is all about winning. If you think otherwise, look at the contract of new University of Oregon head football coach Dan Lanning, who just signed a six-year, $29.1 million deal that will pay him $5.1 million annually in its final year. This for a guy who has yet to win a single game in Eugene.Butwait, there's more. Every head football coach these days has incentives built into his contract that can sweeten the deal if the scoreboard cooperates. I don't know if the U of O presi dent has incentives, but Lanning certainly does.

The officer booked Mahoney-Thurman, a 30-year-old Davis resident, into the Yolo County jail on various weapon and drugrelated charges.

Tuesday, Sept. 6, 6:30 to 8 p.m.: The Muir Commons Com munity will host a meet-and-greet for Vailtla at the Muir Commons, 2222 Muir Woods Place on the Common House Patio. Light refreshments will be served. Park on the street along Shasta or Muir Woods Place or ride bikes. Wednesday, Sept. 7, 7 to 8:30 p.m.: Marty West will host a private meet-and-greet at her home in the University Retirement Commu nity. Email information.vis@gmail.combapu4dafor

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The Bapu Vaitla cam paign for City Council will host several events and opportunities to meet the candidate, who is running in Dis trict 1. The campaign invites everyone to learn about the candi date; whether seasoned in politics or new to local action, whether resident in West Davis or Participantsnot. can take these opportunities to ask questions and share concerns and solutions. Visit the website www. bapu4davis.org or con tact the campaign via email at ongmail.combapu4davis@fordetailstheseevents.

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By anne Ternus-BeLLamy Enterprise staff writer Speed humps and speed tables will be installed in seven loca tions in the city beginning nextTheweek.goal, said City Manager Mike Webb, is “to help slow traffic in these

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Should a coach at a University of California campus make more money than the cam pusNotchancellor?surprisingly, perhaps, the answer to that question is a resounding "Yes." The Davis campus being the exception, given that Chancellor Gary May has the highest salary overall on the main campus, but only eighth highest when UC Davis Health employees are included.TheCEO of UC Davis Health, according to an excellent piece by the Enterprise's Caleb Hampton, earns $782,156 in "regular" pay compared to the chancellor's $501,087.Thehighest paid coach at UC Davis is men's basketball head man Jim Les with $337,680 in "regular" pay that swells to $427,067 in "gross" pay. Les, inci dentally, is consistently regarded as the top men's basketball coach in the Big West Conference. UC Davis is one of just three UC campuses that plays football, along with UCLA and Berkeley. When head coach salaries at UCLA and Cal are compared to the salaries of chancellors at those two schools, the situation shifts dramatically.

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By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Davis police took an unlawful firearm off the streets late Tuesday night with the arrest of a man prohibited from having the weapon.Anofficer on routine patrol in South Davis made contact with James Eric Mahoney-Thurman, whom he knew from prior contacts, outside a business in the 1600 block of Research Park Drive, Lt. James MacNiven Mahoney-Thurmansaid. was on searchable probation and allegedly was found with a loaded and unserialized 9mm handgun, two small bundles of suspected metham phetamine and a gram of the synthetic drug fentanyl, MacNiven said.

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Yolo County lawenforcement officers han dle plenty of stolen vehicle and bike cases. Last weekend, they mixed it up with a jet ski theft.Ina Facebook post, the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office detailed its Marine Patrol unit’s discovery of the stolen jet ski on the Sacramento River, near the Elkhorn boat ramp. Two Sacramento resi dents, Selina Masters, 31; and 32-year-old Narinder Singh, were arrested in connection with the alleged theft. “Did you know? According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, Sacramento ranks #2 in the nation for watercraft thefts,” the Facebook post said. Sheriff's officials offered the following tips for protecting watercraft from theft: n When you “dock it, lock it” — secure it to the dock with a steel cable n Remove expensive equipment when not in use n Chain and lock detachable motors to the boat n Do not leave title or registration papers in the craft n Disable the craft by shutting fuel lines or removing batteries n Use a trailer hitch lock after parking a boat on its trailer n Install a kill switch in the ignition system n Ensure your marine insurance policy includes your equipment, boat and trailer n Take photos of the boat and mark it with a Hull Identification Num ber (HIN).

If Lanning's Ducks reach the national championship game in any of those six seasons, he receives an extra $500,000. If they reach the national champion ship game in all six seasons, that adds up to $3 million. Earning a bid to any bowl game, which you can generally achieve with a so-so 6-6 record, is worth $100,000. Winning nine games in the regular season is worth $100,000, but 10 wins nets you twice that amount. And oh yes, let's just throw an academic bone in there to please those pointy-headed administra tors who still think the University of Oregon should be a university, not a football factory. The bone, a team academic progress rate above a specified level, will be worth $100,000 to Lanning, as if he'll be helping the starting quarterback with his mathNationalassignments.championship game appearance: $500,000. Academic Progress: $100,000. You tell me which of those two the U of O thinks is more important. Then again, Alabama head coach Nick Saban just signed on for $11.7 million a year, including an extra $800,000 if the Crimson Tide wins the national champion ship, which is likely. And the salary of the University of Alabama's president? You really don't want to know, but if he goes out to dinner with the head football coach, Saban picks up the tab. — Reach Bob Dunning bdunning@davisenterprise.net.at

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Labor Day weekend is here, and for the California Highway Patrol that means maximizing its patrols as motorists set out for holi day gatherings and road trips.The CHP's maximum enforcement period offi cially begins at 6:01 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, and contin ues through 11:59 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5. During that time, officers will be on the lookout for traffic viola tions as well as drivers who appear to be under the influence of drugs or alco hol.Forty-three people died in vehicle collisions during Labor Day weekend in 2021, while officers arrested 985 motorists on DUI charges. Across the state, more than 6,000 drivers received speeding citations during the threeday holiday weekend. The CHP recommends using a designated driver or using a ride share service to avoid becoming another statistic. For those who do drive: buckle up, don't speed and never drive impaired.Officers also seek the public's help in keeping the roadways safe. Anyone see ing or suspecting an impaired driver should call 911 and provide a location, vehicle description, license plate number and direction of Thistravel. weekend's maxi mum enforcement efforts coincide with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s ongoing national enforcement cam paign, “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” which contin ues through Monday, Sept. 5. “Alcohol-and drugimpaired driving continues to be a leading cause of traffic fatalities and injuries in California, and the moment an impaired driver gets behind the wheel, they put themselves and every other person on the road in great danger,” CHP Com missioner Amanda Ray said in a news release. “The CHP is committed to enforcement and nonenforcement strategies, including education and community engagement, to ensure the highest level of safety for everyone travel ing throughout California during the holiday," Ray said.

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the past and better build our understanding of our earth and how it has changed?Allrocks are made of minerals, and all minerals are made of elements on the periodic table. Explore samples of elements on the periodic table and match them to information cards. Are there some minerals that are used in everyday life? Many are sought after for their shapes and colors. Look at examples of raw minerals and how they are crafted into jewelry and other aboutpaleontologistsDressotherofcrayonsitemsSpendtrinkets.timefindinginourdigpit.Usetomakerubbingdifferentdinosaursandancientanimals.upassomefamousandlearntheirdiscoveries.

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Check out our gingko tree in the garden and learn why it is important. When did our resident animal species appear in the fossil record? There is no limit to what you can discover about rocks, fossils and crystals!Admission is $5 per per son. Explorit Members, ASTC, and those age 2 and under free. Masks are strongly encouraged while indoors. Exploit's coming events: n We are honored and excited that we have been chosen to participate in a special charitable giving campaign, sponsored and funded by Target. And you have the chance to help direct a portion of Target’s donation to us! Now through Sept. 30, vote for us through the Target Circle program to help determine how Target’s donation will be divvied up. Find out more about Target Circle at target.com/circle.www. n A Membership to Explorit grants the recipi ent free visits to Explorit’s regular public hours, dis counts on events, summer camps and workshops, and gives you ASTC benefits to visit other throughoutmuseumstheworld. To purchase or for more information visit 530-756-0191.bershipwww.explorit.org/memhttps://orcallExploritat

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After two weeks of waiting, we are opening our new exhibit, “Explorit Rocks!” over Labor Day weekend. We will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day between Sept. 3 and 5. Our new exhibit will feature a variety of specimens for our guests to interact with from rocks, fossils, and crystals.Guests will learn about the three types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic. Touch, sort and explore specimens of each type, and learn about what makes them different and how they are formed. Learn about what kind of rocks are in the Grand Canyon, what is special about Mt. St. Hel ens, and learn about local metamorphic rocks. Fossils are the remains and evidence we have of past living things. Spend time looking at our table top timescale and find fos sils associated with many of the time periods. Look at the stratigraphic layers on the wall and identify some of the fossils on it. Show your friends and family microfossils under our video microscope. Get a close look at and touch real fossil shells, plants and bones. How can these items help us to interpret

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Special to The Enterprise Davis Pet Advocacy and Wellness invites the public to help with fundraising for their nonprofit via Davis Ace Hardware, which is sponsor ing a “rounding up” fund raiser during wareDavisHardwareup”SeptemberSeptember.“roundingwilloccuratDavisAceindowntownandAggieAceHardintheAnderson Shopping Center on Covell Boulevard.DPAW,a Davis branch of the Mercer Veterinary Clinic for the Homeless, is a recently established com munity service to help the pets of the homeless in Davis. Mercer Clinic operates out of the Loaves and Fishes campus in Sacramento. DPAW pri marily operates at the Respite Center in Davis at 530 L St. DPAW provides Davis homeless families with free preventive medi cine and basic veterinary services for their pets. The clinic is regularly scheduled on the first Sat urday of the month, where pets get a physical exam by a volunteer veterinary stu dent supervised by volun teerDPAWveterinarians.isonthe web davisPAWclinic.www.facebook.com/orgramcom/support-us,https://www.mercerclinic.atInstaat@davis.paw.clinicFacebookathttps://

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Jeremy Wright Davis If you’re the gambling type (and two of this fall’s seven California ballot propositions are about gam ing), don’t bet the house against either November’s Prop. 26 or Prop. 27. Both these competing ini tiatives aim to legalize what once was criminal in this state. Legalizing onetime vices seems to have become a ballot-box favorite. The recent history of mari juana laws makes this clear, as voters first approved medi cal marijuana and later okayed full recreational use of the weed, to the point where it’s now hard to find a city or town without at least one cannabis dispensary.

Our town is facing a housing crisis. We don’t have a permanent homeless shelter large enough to accommodate all who are unsheltered. We don’t have enough tran sitional supportive housing for those needing to be housed and low-income housing for Davis workers. We don’t have enough affordable apartments for our young professionals or affordable homes for our young fami lies. We don’t build entry level homes that can be purchased by our adult children. We segregate by wealth. I support Bapu Vaitla for City Council. Bapu has a track record for serving his neighbors through his work on the Social Services Commission. He understands that affordable housing serving the spec trum of low-income housing needs is essential for a healthy community. He is committed to funding the Hous ing Trust Fund, a tool our city can use to help subsidize low-income housing, cre ate a Davis housing navigator, provide short term emergency assistance and a myriad of other housing related pro grams. He understands the need to update our housing ordinance with higher in-lieu fees and realistic lowincome inclusionary percentages in new developments.Bapuisonthe board of Cool Davis. He understands that in town affordable housing is one more bulwark against cli mate change as it reduces long com mutes. He supports creating a strong public transportation system in Davis with housing adjacent to transit hubs. He supports establishing a Climate Action Fund to assist our city in becoming cli mateTheresilient.cityofDavis needs Bapu on our council. If you live in District 1, I urge you to vote for Bapu. Regardless of where you live in Davis, you can support him through volunteering and/or donating to his campaign. You can learn more about these opportunities by going to his web site at Bapuhttps://www.bapu4davis.org/.willbeaneffectiveleaderfor the entire Davis community. Ellen Kolarik, M.D. Davis

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The history of legal gam bling in California is only slightly less telling, voters in 2000 approving Indian gam bling on once poor and deso late Native margin.whelmingreservationsAmericanbyanover65-35percentTheylaterdrew a line and in 2004 refused to allow slot machines in urban card rooms and horse race tracks.Butin 2008 tribal com pacts vastly expanding the number of slot machines on some reservations were approved easily. Now come Props. 26 and 27, both aiming to legalize sports betting, a huge passtime from which Californians have been formally excluded. This still sends many thousands to Nevada for live betting and onto illicit offshore websites for online wagers. It’s still unclear what would happen if both initia tives pass. If there’s a prece dent here, it might be the 1978 battle between the Proposition 13 property tax limits and milder limits in the rival Proposition 10. In that case, both passed, with 13 getting more votes and standing as untouchable law everThesince.betting initiatives dif fer widely: Prop. 26 allows sports betting, but in person only at casinos on semi-sov ereign reservations and at four horse race tracks – but not online. It would also allow casino tribes to sue cardrooms over some games they offer, while okaying dice games and roulette at Native AmericanMeanwhile,casinos.Prop. 27, backed by online giants like FanDuel, DraftKings and BetMGM, legalizes online and other mobile sports bet ting, but would see the big operators each partner with Indian tribes. Fully 85 per cent of tax revenue produced from this would be ear marked for housing and to help solve homelessness. Both measures provide avenues for almost unlimited growth of the interest groups behind them. It’s hard to see how they could co-exist, so the strong likelihood is for drawn-out legal battles over which one will govern, if both Spass.o far, more than five dozen casino tribes are backing Prop. 26, which they see as their ticket to even more prosperity than they now enjoy. Most likely, more Native Americans would gain wealth under 26 than with 27, where the bulk of the money would go to the big gaming companies and a rel ative pittance to aid the unhoused.Themeasures promise to make new money for many tribes that already rake in plenty; there’s precious little to protect gambling addicts from losing whatever savings they may have.

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Cardroom operators, long time exploiters of loopholes in restrictive state laws, whine that if 26 passes, it will prevent them from ever get ting into games they now cannot run, but which remain potential sources of riches.Their committee, with the pious-sounding name “Tax payers against Special Inter est Monopolies,” says 26 would “guarantee tribal casi nos a near monopoly on all gaming in California, adding roulette, craps and sports wagering to their current monopoly on slot machines.”

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My name is Jeremey Wright. I have lived in Davis for 50 years. I want to urge you to vote for Kelsy Fortune for city council in District 1. The issues that she wants to focus on are environmentally friendly green ini tiatives, better infrastructure and an increase in affordable housing, just to name a Furthermore,few.

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Kelsy Fortune has pro jected a purely positive, professional mes sage — something neither of her opponents have demonstrated. For example, she is not embroiled in any lawsuits with the District 1 voters like one of her opponents nor is Kelsey Fortune engaged in any negative name-calling like another one of her opponents.Ithink district one voters will agree when we I say I am tired of negative junk and garbage which ought to not be in any of our back and front yards. It is time for a fresh start. Vote for Kelsey For tune.

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Bet on gambling measures to pass

House of Representatives Rep. John Garamendi (3rd District), 2368 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515; 202-225-1880. District office: 412 G St., Davis, CA 95616; 530-753-5301; email: emailhttps://garamendi.house.gov/contact/visit GGovernorov.GavinNewsom, State Capitol, Suite 1173, Sacramento, CA 95814; 916-4452841; email: visit ca.gov/gov40mail/https://govapps.gov.

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Sen. Alex Padilla, B03 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3553; email: gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-mepadilla.senate.

Today’s Indian gambling, confined for the most part to reservations, also does little to protect gamblers from addiction. But at least now they usually must go to tribal lands to activate their habit.

All this leaves little doubt we are seeing a contest between heavily monied interests over who will become the most wealthy. That’s why, having raised more than $300 million before the Fourth of July, this campaign figures to become the most expensive state elec toral contest ever, of any type. The healthiest response from voters would be to reject both measures, but given the pent-up demand for sports betting in Califor nia and voters’ prior approval of things long considered vices, that’s not likely to hap pen. Which means big-time sports betting will soon arrive here, with a corps of lawyers likely to decide its eventual shape and scope. Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, "The Burzynski Break through, The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It" is now available in a softcover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, www.californiafocus.net.visit

Over the past decade, California has gone from being the state with the least groundwater regulation to adopt ing a law that serves as an international model. How the state implements its land mark groundwater law during Califor nia’s worst drought on record could inform global climate change adaptation practices forThegenerations.GoldenState has one shot over the course of the next 20 years to bring its depleted aquifers into balance and achieve sustainability. Californians are counting on the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act to get the state there. Carrying out the act, however, isn’t easy. While many honest actors at the state and local level want the new regulation to suc ceed, the law calls for undoing a century of unsustainable groundwater pumping. The forces that helped create the problem still stand in the way of reforming it. The groundwater act requires more than 260 local agencies to draft sustainability plans that describe a process for balancing groundwater extraction with aquifer replen ishment over 20 years. Approximately 107 plans have been submitted to the Califor nia Department of Water Resources. The department scrutinizes each local plan and can reject those that fail to complete the assignment. Rejected plans are placed under control of the State Water Resources Control Board, which manages water quality and environmental protection. Earlier this year, the department approved eight local plans and marked 35 incomplete, requiring revisions and resub mission. The department also guides local agencies on the technical aspects of main taining water supply for their communities andAsecosystems.climatechange intensifies the drought and California prepares for years without snow, the Department of Water Resources needs to step up both roles of referee and coach. If the state approves sustainability plans that aren’t actually sustainable, more wells will go dry, people will lose water, wetlands will wither, and animals will die. To help get the state on track, the Groundwater Leadership Forum, a coali tion of environmental and social justice organizations, have evaluated local ground water sustainability plans. Of the 95 plans submitted to the state that we have ana lyzed, more than half have failed to prepare for a sustained drought. The department needs to update its drought projections and hold local agencies accountable for following them. Heavy pumping reduces groundwa ter below levels needed to sustain commu nities and ecosystems. Water crises are occurring more often: Approximately 900 household wells have gone dry this year — 250 in the last month, occasionally leaving residents without drinking water in places like Tulare, Fresno and Tehama counties. Many groundwater sustainability plans submitted to the state failed to compare the projected decline of regional water tables with the depth of wells in affected commu nities. Plans also failed to mention what actions would be taken to keep water flow ing in these communities. Every Californian has a stake in the suc cess of the Sustainable Groundwater Man agement Act. Collectively, these local plans spell out California’s plan for drought resil iency. The Department of Water Resources must reject plans that fail to sustain water access for people and nature. The depart ment must offer more detailed guidance to help local agencies understand the needs of every user of groundwater within their basin. In this daunting era of hotter and drier weather, resilience can only be achieved through good-faith cooperation between locals and the state. — Samantha Arthur is the working lands program director at Audubon California and serves on the Groundwater Leadership Forum Ngodoo Atume is a water policy analyst at Clean Water Action and serves on the Groundwater Leadership Forum. They wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California's Capitol works and why it matters.

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n Never leave children or pets alone in vehicles. n Cover windows that receive sun. n Check on individuals who do not have air con ditioning and those who live alone. n Stay in the shade, postpone outdoor activi ties, and spend time in air-conditioned public buildings during the warmest part of the day. Residents can also dial Yolo 2-1-1 to find places to cool down nearby.

California ISO has announced the excessive heat will stress the energy grid, leading to possible unexpected powerResidentsoutages.should pre pare for outages and can find tips on how to pre pare at safeWeatherunderwww.yolocounty.org/OESalsoofoutagecenter/pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/ages,pagepsps-updates-and-alerts.power-shuttoff/ages/public-safety-en_US/residential/outhttps://www.pge.com/Shutoffforable;ATMskeepingthechargingenoughensuringforingtionscar’smanually;closingpracticingchargingpare-power-outage.com/articles/11-tips-presafetyactioncenter.pge.https://www.Thosetipsincludefullymobilephones;openingandgaragedoorsfillingyourgastankasgasstamaybecloseddurapoweroutageand,electricvehicles,theyarechargedtomakeittoastationoutsideimmediatearea;andcashonhandasmaybeunavailIntheeventoftheneedaPublicSafetyPower(PSPS),visit:Forotherpoweroutvisit:https://TheYoloCountyOfficeEmergencyServiceshasinformationattheSummerResourcestab.Sometipsforstayingduringtheheatwave:

Clean energy Authored by Sen. John Laird, a Democrat from Santa Cruz, SB 1020 sets interim targets for generat ing clean energy. A current law already requires 100% of retail electricity to be fueled by renewables such as wind and solar by 2045. The new law would add 90% by 2035 and 95% by 2040. In addition, all state agencies must source their energy from 100% renew able sources by 2035, ten years sooner than law now requires.Thequestion remains, however, if California’s electrical grid can handle the surge in energy demand.Slagle, of the Western States Petroleum Associa tion, said the governor’s approach was flawed and ignores the reality of the grid’s volatile reliability. “The governor’s ‘climate package’ depends on energy reliability, so it is inconsis tent that on one hand he is aggressively gutting energy reliability and affordability in California and on the other he is pushing actions like this to help try to main tain the grid,” he added. The state is expected to see a 68% increase in energy consumption by 2045, according to the California Air Resources Board. To handle that increase, the agency esti mates that the state needs to expedite renewable energy projects. Power lines and more battery stor age capacity also need to be improved. To maintain reli ability when wind and solar aren’t available, the state will need more backup dis patchable power to account for energy Withoutlosses.those invest ments, California would have to keep relying on cli mate-warming fossil fuels, particularly natural gas. It’s a concern Newsom has highlighted in his support for extending the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, a clean source of energy that provides about 10% of the state’s electric ity. He said the state needs more sources of clean power while it makes prog ress on transitioning to renewable energy. “The reality is we’re liv ing in an era of extremes,” he said at a press confer ence on Wednesday. “Get ting Diablo Canyon extended for a short period of time will provide us the capacity to stack all these renewables. That energy does not produce green house gases. That energy provides baseload, reliabil ity and affordability.”

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A separate bill, SB 846, that aims to keep the Dia blo Canyon nuclear power plant operating was approved by the Legisla ture and is now on New som’s desk for his signature. It would keep the plant open until 2030 and give its operator, Pacific Gas & Electric, a $1.4 billion loan to do so. The plant is a car bonfree source of energy, although nuclear power opponents are concerned about accidents and nuclear waste issues.

cooling down include: n The Davis Stephens Branch Library, 315 E 14th St., with the follow ing hours: Friday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; closed Sunday and Monday; Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. n For those experienc ing homelessness, the city’s Daytime Respite Center, 530 L St., will be open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Satur day from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Services includ ing showers and laundry are available. n Manor Pool (1525 Tulip Lane) will have free recreational swimming during the three-day weekend. Hours on Sat urday and Sunday are 1 to 2:30 p.m.; 3 to 4:30 p.m.; and 5 to 6:30 p.m. On Monday, the pool will have free swimming from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and 3 to 4:30 p.m. Residents can register online or simply drop by, though the pool has a maximum capacity of 150. Register lawnusingdrytoandday,fires,alsothethewillYolo.Winters,ing,Esparto,openresourcesof770fc1fdb11491cb2ce7274410a3aaepviewer/index.html?id=2com/apps/webaphttps://yolo.maps.arcgis.listovercenterscreatedhttps://buff.ly/3xBU2fWatYoloCountyhasalsoalistofcoolingopencountywidethenextsixdays.ThecanbefoundatInadditiontothecityDavis,coolingwillalsobeinClarksburg,KnightsLandWestSacramento,WoodlandandAdditionallocationsbeaddedtothelistincomingdays.Thecountynotedthatdry,hotweatherwillcreateriskforwildparticularlyonSunMondayandTuesday,residentsareurgedtakecarewhennearfuelsbyavoidingequipmentlikemowersorhauling

AB 1279 codifies the state’s existing goal of car bon neutrality by 2045. Carbon neutrality means a balance between the car bon added to the atmo sphere and the carbon removed.Buta more aggressive pace of cutting greenhouse gases failed in the Assem bly. AB 2133 would have set California’s target at 55% below the state’s 1990 emissions, up from the cur rent 40% target. Some leg islators said setting a more aggressive goal was unreal istic when the state is not on track to meet the exist ing one and it was too fast of a pace that would put people in the oil and gas industries out of work.

California enacted another greenhouse gas bill, AB 32, in 2006, requiring the state to set a target for emissions to drop to 1990 levels by 2020. As with the discussion Wednesday about the new bill, that bill was criticized at the time for not having a clear plan. But then the state took steps to achieve its goal earlier than the law required.Nevertheless, just before midnight, the new bill couldn’t garner enough support and fell four Assembly votes short of the 41 that it needed to pass.

A disagreement on methods to extract carbon has pitted the oil industry against environmentalists as California deliberates on how to reduce the millions of metric tons of carbon that are already in the air. One approved bill, SB 905, directs the California Air Resources Board to develop a program and set regulations for carbon cap ture, utilization and storage projects at polluting indus tries, such as oil refineries. The practice is supported by the oil industry but envi ronmentalists say it has the potential to do more harm than good and prolongs the lives of fossil fuels. Victoria Bogdan Tejeda, a staff attorney at the Cen ter for Biological Diversity, said carbon capture and storage projects at indus tries are “difficult to parse, highly technical and hugely consequential.” She said injecting and storing car bon deep underground can be dangerous and that pipelines could leak could cause severe health prob lems for nearby residents.

While “tootives,Newsom’salsocutphasesomhavemeasures,applaudedenvironmentalistsmanyofthemanygroupsalsocriticizedNewfornotactingfastertooutfossilfuelsandemissions.Theoilandgasindustrylobbiedheavilyagainstclimateinitiacriticizingthemasaggressive.”

“This is an extraordi narily aggressive goal that would require large-scale transformation of Califor nia’s entire economy,” said Kevin Slagle, a spokesper son for the Western States Petroleum Association, a trade group representing the oil industry. “It is a regressive mandate that will hit those at the lower end of the income spec trum the hardest.” State Sen. Bob Hertz berg, D-Los Angeles, laid out for his colleagues the contentious measure that didn’t pass, taking them through a painstaking recounting of the climate change policy accomplish ments California has already“Opponentsachieved.will tell you that we are moving the goalpost. We are,” he said. “The opponents will always tell you that ‘it’s impossible,’ that we will never get there. California has a pretty good track record of knocking the impossible on its tuchus.” Republicans in both chambers shot down the measures.Sen. Brian Dahle, R-Bieber who is also run ning for governor, was one of the most outspoken opponents of the bills that are Newsom’s climate pri orities. As he had done all day in response to the bills, Dahle bemoaned the lack of details in the legislation, questioning if those goals were achievable and how they could be accom plished.Dahle mocked the approach of the bills, add ing that without a more detailed plan, passing the bills would be like “setting a target, taking victory lap, waving your magic wand and sprinkling some pixie dust.”

California’s fight against climate change requires a massive reduction in green house gas emissions and the elimination of fossil fuels. Planet-warming gases — carbon dioxide, methane and other smogforming pollutants — trap heat in the atmosphere, exacerbating severe weather events and causing global changes in tempera ture and precipitation.

Several controversial bills aiming to cut emis sions and help California transition to renewable energy were among top priorities debated by the Legislature Wednesday.

Young, who “appeared unconscious. Her face and head were swollen and bleeding.” Two good Samaritans who stopped to thwart the alleged attack reported they saw the sus pect, later identified as Granken, punching and stomping on Young on the side of the road. One of the witnesses, Charles Klein, told Ritter that Granken chased him and struck him in the head when he intervened, the officer testified. The other, Mark Hopkins, said Klein flagged him down as Gran ken continued the alleged assault on Young, and that Granken attempted to flee when Hopkins challenged him.Officers found Granken lying face-down on the ground when they arrived on“He’sscene.a very large indi vidual,” Ritter said of Gran ken, describing him as being at least 6-foot-4 and over 200 pounds — a foot taller and at least 50 pounds heavier than his alleged victim. After being taken into custody, Granken “said something along the lines of, he made a mistake, it wasn’t his hands, it wasn’t him that hurt her,” Ritter said.A second Davis police officer, Mathew Muscar dini, described going to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento to obtain a statement from Young, who received treatment for multiple facial fractures, bleeding to the brain and bruising to both of her arms. She later required a walker for mobility, Mus cardini said.

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installation in 2019. It wasn’t long after that installa tion that former Mayor Joe Kro voza and his wife, Janet, contacted the city complaining about the noise from the equipment. The Krovozas live within 100 feet of the Sky Track and have said the noise from the equipment has been relentless. A noise study conducted two years ago showed use of the equip ment violated the city’s nighttime noise ordinance and city workers began locking the Sky Track up at night. But repeated vandalism, including damage to the locks and chains, as well as a more recent sound study that indicated the equipment also violated the city’s daytime noise ordinance in that location prompted staff to close the Sky Track altogether as a deci sion was made on whether — and where — to move it. Four options for a new location in Arroyo Park were presented by consultants and the city’s Recre ation and Park Commission rec ommended one of them in June — “Location B” in the center of the park, just east of Arroyo Pool. That was the recommendation before the City Council on Tues day evening and one they unani mously voted in favor of. Councilwoman Gloria Partida was the only council member who appeared willing to consider mov ing the Sky Track to another loca tion in the city. “I’ve gone back and forth about this,” she said. “If we move it in Arroyo Park and then still have trouble … and then have to deal with it being locked up, do we want to do this twice? Do we want to move it and then see how it goes? And now that it’s on every one’s top of mind for all the neigh bors, it’s one of those things where once you point something out, everybody hears it. “So I’m sort of battling with that. Where if we do move it to Community Park, you eliminate all of those questions.” But Partida’s colleagues appeared unwilling to move the Sky Track out of Arroyo Park. Councilman Dan Carson, in whose district the Sky Track is located, said, “you’ve got our pro fessional city staff who know about parks, saying this Location B, in their professional opinion, will work. We have our city attor ney saying it’s not a legal problem. We have our two different acousti cal sound experts with somewhat different methodologies saying in that location… it’s not going to be a problem. You had our Rec and Park Commission, in multiple hearings, parse this and went into detail with a great many ques tions… all of their work came to the conclusion that that B location is a good location.

In written comments to the council, Joe and Janet Krovoza laid out the multiple issues they see with the staff’s recommenda tion to keep the Sky Track in Arroyo Park. At the heart of the issue is the city’s interpretation of its noise ordinance.Thatordinance sets a maximum decibel level of 55 dBA during daytime hours in residential areas, dropping to 50 dBA at night. The first sound study conducted by Bollard Acoustical Consultants found the Sky Track exceeded the nighttime limit, though not the daytime limit, but measured aver age hourly noise levels during zip line usage rather than maximums.

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A subsequent study by a Acous tics Group, Inc., (AGI) found the Sky Track violated the daytime limit as Usingwell.an hourly average, the Krovozas and others have argued, would allow someone to set off fireworks or blow an air horn repeatedly, provided the average sound level over the course of an entire hour remained below 50 or 55IndBA.June 2021, city staff pro posed amending the noise ordi nance to change the city’s standard to average hourly noise level rather than maximum, but the proposal was pulled from the City Council’s agenda before it could be heard, with City Manager Mike Webb saying “more work needs to be done on this item to provide greater context and to articulate the intent and purpose of the con templated ordinance changes.” City staff have said the stan dards in the current ordinance do not reflect a reasonable noise threshold for an urban area and City Attorney Inder Khalsa said on Tuesday that noise levels that are too low might not even be legal.But the ordinance remains as is and staff on Tuesday evening said the ordinance actually allows for

higher noise levels, with a section of the ordinance reading, “No per son shall produce, suffer or allow to be produced in any location a noise level of more than 20 dBA above the limit…” In their comments to the coun cil, the Krovozas accused staff of contorting the ordinance to justify the Sky Track and also argued placing it in the new location will not solve noise and nuisance issues.“AGI’s predicted maximum reading from this spot, as mea sured from our property line, would be 55.1 dBA, clearly still in excess of both the daytime and nighttime limits and a noise level that would continue to impose a major disruption to our house hold.”Additionally, they wrote, “there is no question that the Sky Track at Location B would become an attractive nuisance generating nighttime noise. If the goal of city staff is to move the Sky Track somewhere it would not invite vandalism or after-hours use, this is not the spot…. There is no over night staff at the pool complex to monitor use after 10 p.m. and the last thing city police should be doing at night is chasing teenagers off the Sky Track.” In an email, they said, “the obvi ous solution for this situation is to move the Sky Track to a location where the city can be confident it will not disturb neighbors day or night with noise that is ‘unneces sary, excessive or annoying’ and where nighttime locking and day time unlocking will be completely unnecessary.“Thisisjust plain common sense,” the Krovozas said. “Does the city really want to make the same mistake twice, relying on a new interpretation of the noise ordinance that is inconsistent with past interpretations, and risk legal challenges? The city must acknowledge its previous errors and take every step to avoid the possibility of further wrongs going forward.”Butthe council voted unani mously instead to follow staff rec ommendation and move the Sky Track to a central location in Arroyo Park.

“And then here’s the last piece,” Carson said, “which is, we’ve done these surveys, there are hundreds of people who have weighed in saying they want this kept in Arroyo Park, many of them fami lies with young children. This is a beloved, beloved feature of Arroyo Park and so after all of that evi dence, to say, ‘Oh, we’re just going to move it someplace else,’ I just disagree. I think it belongs in this location that’s been identified and I don’t think it’s going to be a problem.”Councilman Josh Chapman agreed, saying, “given the large number of families that have emailed over the past two days regarding the benefits of this and how much they enjoy it as a fam ily, how much their kids enjoy it… taking something away from a community once they’ve had it, once they’ve enjoyed it, is not an easy thing to do and I think that the vast majority of emails and conversations I’ve had have been in support of the staff recommen dation to keep it in Arroyo Park.” Vice Mayor Will Arnold said the work over the last couple of years on this issue, from multiple public hearings and community surveys to sound studies and legal review “all led to the same conclusion, which was support for (Location B).”Partida joined her four col leagues in voting in favor of mov ing the Sky Track to the new location in Arroyo Park, but said, “it’s kind of an expensive, let’s-seeif-it-will-work in this location, but at some point you have to make a decision and siding with the fami lies that have taken our surveys is probably the best way to go.” Noises off But surveys and community opinion notwithstanding, con cerns remain.

Marietta Mae Hamilton May 1, 1932 — May 29, 2022. A lovely life lived. One of caring, supporting and giv ing.Marietta Hamilton spent many of her 90 years cheer ing on and helping others. She was both gregarious and nurturing throughout her 50-plus years spent in the medical field, her life long dedication to volun teer work, and her lifetime commitment to Aggie bas ketball.Born May 1, 1932, in Laramie, Wyo., during the depression, Marietta grew up with a single mother (Marian Mildred Niespo) and a younger sister (Lila). Her mother always had to go where the jobs were, taking the family to places such as Gordon, Neb., Reno, Nev., Hurlong, Calif., and Port Orchard, Wash. By Marietta’s ninth-grade year, they had also moved to three small towns in South Dakota. In Buffalo Gap, her mother taught English on a Native American Reserva tion, where Marietta “could see Mount Rushmore out of her bedroom window.” She finished her high school years at South Kit sap High in Port Orchard and did so without her mom there her junior and senior years (she lived with a friend’s family). After high-school graduation, she also attended Olympia Junior College. In that time period, Marietta’s mother had got ten married and her new husband owned a motel on the Oregon coast. This led to Marietta’s migration to Oregon and to Eugene. Eugene is where Marietta started work in her first doctor’s office and also started her involvement in community organizations. She served as president in the Alpha Rho chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha and organized a local chapter of medical and legal secretar ies in the area. Eugene was also the place she went on a blind date with a basketball coach named Robert Ham ilton. They were married four months later on Aug. 15,After1953.they were married, Marietta continued to work in the medical field while Bob ran a small business and pursued his coaching career. Their only child, Shana, was born in May of 1961 in Eugene. In the Fall of ’63, the family moved to Davis, as Bob was hired as the bas ketball coach at UC Davis. After Shana started school, Marietta returned to work in a doctor’s office and vol unteered for the Red Cross, including during the Viet nam War. She served as vice chair of the and Bob lived in Davis until Bob’s passing in 1995. After Bob passed, Mari etta continued to cheer on the UC Davis men’s and women’s basketball teams, work in the medical profes sion and be fully engaged with the Soroptimist Inter national of Greater Davis organization. She was a charter member (19852020) and served as presi dent of the organization three different times. She maintained a perfect atten dance record for 22 years. She officially retired from Sutter Davis Hospital in 2000, but still continued to work part-time at the Davis Chamber of Com merce, where she enjoyed greeting people and talking with them about Davis, a town she lived in for 59 years and grew to love so much.Asshe aged, unable to pursue her other hobbies of traveling, reading, writing letters and shopping with her daughter, she relied on her family, wonderful friends, and the kindness of those in the caregiving pro fession. Marietta was able to stay in her home of 54 years until the last seven months of her life. She enjoyed her 90th birthday party, where she got an inperson serenade from the Cal Aggie marching band. The party was at a wonder ful facility (Gloria’s country care) where she passed away on May 29, 2022. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Shana and Mitch Camp bell, sister Lila Pengra, sis ter-in-law Sarah Hamilton and many nieces and neph ews.Marietta worked for one physician, for 13 years — Dr. Richard Elliott. He wrote this in a letter to her on Oct. 14, 2000: “You are a rainbow in the midst of turmoil, a beacon of hope to all whose lives you touch. You are a tribute to your profession! I appre ciate you for all the love you show toward all people, regardless of their station in “Iflife. you don’t feel rewarded in this lifetime, you will definitely be wear ing a glorious crown in the lifetime to come.” A celebration of life is planned for 1 to 4 p.m. Fri day, Oct. 14, at El Macero Country Club. In lieu of flowers, dona tions can be made to the UC Davis Bob and Marietta Hamilton Memorial Schol arship or Soroptimist International of Greater Davis.

Daniel Groen Oct. 24, 1934 — Aug. 25, 2022

A celebration of life for family and friends will be from noon to 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, at Great Bear Vine yards, 24800 County Road 101A in Davis. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Yolo Hospice, who the family thanks for providing such compas sionate care.

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Daniel Groen, 87, a long time Davis resident and businessman, passed away on Aug. 25, 2022. Daniel was born in Sneek, Friesland, the Netherlands, on Oct. 24, 1934 to Frans and Griet Groen. The oldest of four broth ers, Daniel attended school in Sneek and received his diploma from the Rijks Hogere Burger School (RHBS). A gifted soccer player, Daniel was captain of the HBS soccer team and went on to lead the team to win the gold medal in the Friesian championships in 1955. Daniel was also a player on the Friesian Youth All Star team. In August 1955, Daniel immigrated to the United States with his family from Friesland and settled in Southern California among a large Dutch community where he continued his love for competitive soccer and played for the Holland Soccer Club. Daniel was a veteran of the U.S. Army, beginning his service in 1957 stationed in Germany. Although proud of his Frie sian heritage, he embraced his new country and became a naturalized citi zen in Daniel1960.got his start in banking in Southern Cali fornia and, in 1966, he accepted a position at United California Bank and moved his young family to Lodi. It was at UCB that he developed his business and love for the farming and dairy communities of Lodi and the San Joaquin Valley. His dedication to his cus tomers and their businesses was widely recognized and many became life-long friends. Daniel retired in 2006, having enjoyed a 50-year career in agribusi ness that was instrumental in the growth of the indus try throughout the western UnitedThroughoutStates. his life, Daniel was involved in

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John Hamel died at home on his family ranch in Davis on Aug. 17, 2022.Heis survived and loved dearly by Regi, his wife of over 57 years; chil dren Sandra Hamel and Andy (Kate) Hamel; grandchildren Ethan and Alexandra; sister Mary Rust and fam ily; brother-in-law Manfred and many nephews and nieces; his sisterin-law Monika; and numerous dear family members and friends. A true Davisite, John was born to Lester and Irene Hamel, and raised on the family’s ranch in Davis, which was founded in 1867 by his greatgrandfather Henry Hartmann Hamel. He graduated from Davis High School where he was a member of Future Farmers of America, served as Student Government president and played center on the Blue Devils basketball team. He went on to UC Davis, where he became a member of the Theta Xi fraternity. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and serving in ROTC, he was commis sioned as a field artillery officer in the U.S. Army and stationed in Bamberg, West Germany, ultimately achieving the rank of captain. As he liked to say, he “hit the jackpot” when he met and married Regi in Bamberg. When John returned to Davis, he worked for two years with his father in the family livestock operation, before beginning his career at First Northern Bank (originally called First National Bank). He was hired in 1967 when First Northern had just one branch, in Dixon. In July 1975 he was named president of the bank, a role he held until his retirement in 1996. John continued to serve on the board of directors until he retired from the board in August of 2012. During his banking career, John served as a member and leader in local, state and national banking associations including the California Bankers Association and the Ameri can Bankers Association. He gradu ated with distinction with a Master’s degree in banking from the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington. In John’s 45-year tenure, the First Northern Bank’s assets grew over 60-fold, and the number of branches and communities FNB served increased considerably. He was always very proud to work at a com munity bank that served the local people and businesses, and he was a strong proponent of his employees.

MCNEIL Matthew Hoffman died of cancer on Aug. 16, 2022, in his home in Louisville, Colo. He was 57 yearsMattold.was born in Phila delphia, but grew up in Davis, where he attended Pioneer Elementary, Holmes Jr. High, and Davis High School, where he graduated in 1983. He also lettered in three sports at Sacramento Country Day School.Matt encountered many struggles in his life, includ ing drug addiction. In 1995, encouraged by the brother of his heart, Dave Bright, Matt moved to Colorado. It was there, with the support of his family (chosen and birth), that he found sobriety and life and became the caring and lov ing son, brother, uncle and friend that so many of us willHismiss.biggest strength was that he genuinely liked people. In his various retail jobs, he invariably ended up promoted into lowerlevel management because he had such great people skills. He finished his career at Walmart in Lafay ette,WhatColo.most of his family and friends will remember is his big, friendly smile, his intelligence, his willingness to help anyone who needed him, his sense of humor, and his love of sports. He was a 49ers and Broncos fan, but he truly loved to play, watch, and talk about any and all sports.

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Mattsport,matterpool;darts,bowling,tennis,baseball,ketball,ball,Footbasnotheloved it and knew a ridiculous amount of trivia aboutMattit.is survived by his father Michael Hoffman (Peggy), his sister Rabbi Cyn Hoffman, his sister-inlaw Jane Credland, his stepfather Jim Faulkner (Carole), his stepsisters Christine Faulkner (Dave) and Jean Marie Faulkner, and his chosen family: Dave and Lori Bright and their children, Christopher, Alisha (Elmo), Shantel, and Kae Ann. He was pre ceded in death by his mother, Dianna Hoffman. Because Matt was special to so many people, we are holding celebrations of his life in California and Colo rado.Afuneral service for Matt will be held at noon Thurs day, Sept. 8, at Congrega tion Bet Haverim, 1715 Anderson Road in Davis. A celebration of Matt’s life will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, in Com munity Park, 955 Bella Vista Drive in Louisville, Colo.Inlieu of flowers, please send donations to the Mel anoma Research Founda tion or the Special Olympics.

Matthew Steven Hoffman Feb. 14, 1965 – Aug. 16, 2022 (19 Av, 5782) HOFFMAN

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David ‘Dave’ Mark McNeil Sept. 13, 1955 — Aug. 15, 2022 David “Dave” Mark McNeil passed away peace fully on Aug. 15, 2022, at UC Davis Medical Center with his daughter, son-inlaw, and sisters by his side, due to complications of a recent diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer. He was 66. Dave was born to Lester and Faye McNeil in Wood land on Sept. 13, 1955. He was the youngest, with two olderDavesisters.remained in Davis for his entire life. Growing up, he worked for his par ents in their business, McNeil’s Floor Covering & Drapery Shop. Years after the business sold, Dave decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and started doing floors again out of his home office, and added property manage ment shortly thereafter. In 1993, Dave and his former spouse, Terri McNeil, gave birth to their daughter Emma McNeil Kett. Dave always described that summer day as the best day of his life, with the second-best day being Emma’s wedding this past April. For the last 10 years, Dave and Emma devoted a weekend every fall to The Walk to End Alzheimer’s in San Francisco, raising over a thousand dollars every year in honor of Dave’s par ents.Dave was incredibly pas sionate about his busi nesses. He excelled in ensuring every customer was completely satisfied and took great pride in his work. When he wasn’t working, Dave enjoyed watching his great-nieces and great-nephew’s sports games, and visiting with his

theandjokesterwasHechildren.theirlaw,son-in-daughter,and2furalsoahugewasinsti gator of the annual Christ mas morning Nerf gun battle with family. Dave enjoyed having an atten tion grabber to run errands in Davis, starting with a street-legal green Dune Buggy, followed by a replica Shelby Cobra, and most recently, a ‘91 Jeep Wran gler.Dave was a giving, car ing, and selfless soul. Smart and a perfectionist, almost to a fault, Dave was very precise and most would describe him occasionally as stubborn. He was a peo ple pleaser and his laugh will never be forgotten. Dave was preceded in death by his beloved par ents and nephew, Bobby Jones. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Emma McNeil Kett and Shaun Kett of Dixon; sister Anne Jones and her hus band Paul Jones of Davis, their daughter Susan Jones and her children Ben Eck els, Josh Bernhardt, and Catherine Bernhardt, and their son Tommy Jones, his wife Jamie Jones and their children Lizzy and Emilee Jones; and sister Ellen McNeil and her husband Jim Wiltens of Redwood City, and their son Griffin. A celebration of life reception will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, at the Wildhorse Golf Club, 2323 Rockwell Drive in Davis.

As a young banker, he joined the Kiwanis Club of Lodi and delighted in dressing up as part of the Kiwanis Klowns each year during the Lodi Grape Festival Parade, sell ing peanuts to help raise funds for the causes they supported.In1999, he and his fam ily relocated to Davis, where he and his wife Lee created many amazing friendships through Uni versity Farm Circle and their monthly movie group. An avid soccer fan, Daniel loved watching Davis High School soccer matches, and walking to Nugget Fields on Saturdays to watch soc cer matches. In his retire ment, he also coached youth soccer in Davis and enjoyed passing the love of the game onto future gen erations.Daniel is survived by his wife, Leah Mohney; chil dren Christina, Annette, Dan (Pani) and Elizabeth (Cory); three brothers; and grandchildren Taylor, Dan ica, Jenna, Mirabell and Frederick. Daniel was pre ceded in death by his par ents and his wife, Leona Chenney Groen.

John was active in the community: in the Dixon Chamber of Commerce, Dixon City Council, Dixon Fire District Board of Commissioners, as a member of the Sutter Davis Hospi tal Board of Trustees/Yolo Solano Community Board, and on the Board of Directors of the Cal Aggie Alumni Association. He was a member and long-time Chair of LAFCO (the Solano County Local Agency Forma tion Commission) where, among other things, he helped to ensure an agricultural green belt between Dixon and Vacaville. He also enjoyed serving in the Dixon and Davis Rotary Clubs for many years. In 1999, John and Regi built a home on the family ranch in Davis and enjoyed country living. They spent time with their children and grand children and traveled the world. John always felt a strong connection to the land and to Davis and was as comfort able in a suit in his professional career as he was in a pair of work boots and a cowboy hat driving a tractor on the ranch. He was an incredibly humble man, who was always true to his word and ready to help those who needed it. To his family, his steady love and support was everpresent, and his calm and thoughtful approach permeated all aspects of his life. He was ‘our mighty oak,’ and we will miss him forever. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis, 27074 Patwin Road, followed by a reception there.Inlieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rotary International at https://www.rotary.org/en/donate or YoloCares at https://yolocares.org/ give.

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Angela Wildflower, center, as Celie and the company of the Broadway At Music Circus production of “The Color Purple.”

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By autumn laBBé renault Special to The Enterprise I started out wanting to write a story about Nat Lefkoff as the recent winner of the Davis Independent Music Initia tive, a grant-funded project that seeks to improve the quality of music produced in Davis. But it became as much a story about Davis and the pandemic’s impact on artists as anything I’ve writ ten about in the past two and a halfDIMIyears.was founded in 2019 with support from the city of Davis Arts & Culture Fund. Organizer Joel Daniel, who was the first recipient—with local Brazilian Space Funk band Boca do Rio being the second — said this year’s finalists were all incredible, and completely dif ferent from one another. “Any one of them could have been a standout winner. It came down to a feeling that beyond talent, Nat was really pursuing his music in a career-minded way,” Daniel says. “He had previous releases, which showed an ability to get things done and progress forward. We also felt his music was accessible, and there is at least the possibility of a very high ceiling for him.”

‘The Color Purple’ shines at Music Circus

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I’ve known Lefkoff since he was about 10 years old, as both our families were involved with the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis. Ever since, I’ve watched him steadily grow into the musician who recently won the $10,000 DIMI grant to advance his music career. Though he’s hard pressed to pick a genre for his music, which he describes as centered on music and melody, he thinks alt pop could be a contender. Lefkoff was born in Davis and grew up here, graduating Da Vinci High School in 2012 and The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA in 2016. His par ents purchased his first guitar, a Squire ¾-sized electric, at Water melon Music when he was in seventh grade, and his first band— Downhill From Here, later renamed Simon & The Firebreathers — was here as well. Though his family has since moved away, he returned in 2021 and is making Davis his home.The years in between have been peppered with doubt, growth, resilience and a pan demic. In the early winter of 2020, I saw him play solo at Blue Note Brewery in Woodland, a gig at which he announced he’d quit his job and was going out on tour. “I’d been living with six other people in a two-bedroom house in Santa Cruz, working at an outdoor education school, and playing every weekend. I was exhausted from no days off, I’d saved enough and thought if I don’t do this now, I’ll regret it when I’m older,” Lefkoff says. That tour was not to be, and the 16 venues he’d lined up started going dark by mid March 2020. He started back at the outdoor school but was quickly out of work after it shut down. Though he could have survived on early pandemic-era unem ployment, he was restless and eager to return to work. He ended up working in Rohnert Park for an organization that provided disaster and emergency assistance to people who were immunocompromised and needed to quarantine. What wasn’t happening during this time was music. “I was living a very nonsocial and nonmusical life,” Lefkoff says. “I started hav ing those 4 a.m. wake ups where I’d think maybe I’m never going to do music again, maybe it’s never going to happen. Is this the end?’ he recalls. “I hadn’t written anything in a year.” “Then I started having this recurring dream, where there was a stage and a man singing on it, but I’d realize it was a dream and wake up to record his lyrics — only to later realize those recording sessions also took place in the dreamtime,” he says. Eventually the dream shifted to a man in a park lean ing against a tree and singing what ended up being the chorus of his song “Heavy Lifting,” which became the title track of his 10-track album Heavy Lift ing, released in October 2021. Lefkoff says he felt a huge shift then. “I woke up, wrote down those lyrics, recorded a few things, then woke again in the morning and wrote the entire song on the spot. It’s one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written, especially lyrically. I was over whelmed with a sense of accom plishment and purpose.” Winning DIMI, he says, was one of the things that helped him feel rooted again in Davis. “I like that there’s a community of people here who care about art and music, enough to advocate for it. That’s not true every where.”When I asked him how he plans to use the $10,000, apart from recording he described much of it as a reinvestment in people who have supported him along the way, especially his manager, and friends and fellow musicians Rowan McGuire and Jackson Vanover. Of McGuire, in whose home studio he records and mixes, he especially notes, “he’s so much more — a cowriter, editor, producer, collabo rator.”“Iappreciated that one of the questions on the DIMI applica tion asked how we’d give back to the community,” Lefkoff says. “I thought about how very few times in my life I've been paid what I’m worth, and I’d like to help support those who have supported me.” That sensibility spilled over into his still-in-progress tour with Santa-Cruz based band Deadnettle, which has featured two legs — one from Central to Southern California, and a sec ond from the Sierra foothills all the way up to Humboldt — pay ing fellow musicians at least something and splitting the door with them was foremost on his agenda.Iasked Lefkoff if there was a moment where identifying as a musician really crystallized for him. “When I got to college at 18, I quickly teamed up with Louise DeKramer and we self-recorded my first (eponymous) album in a dorm room with mics I’d bor rowed from the college, and just put that out into the world.” The feedback was immediate and positive, and people started to reach out to him from all over Washington. “That was truly the moment I began to identify as a musician.”Lefkoffrecently shared a screenshot of a message sent to him by a fan on social media. The poster showed a picture of their arm with full goose bumps, hair standing on end and with MeDia

Tunes, resilience and figuring what comes next

“The Color Purple,” a shocking and gut-wrench ing coming of age story of a Black child’s abusive upbringing and subsequent forced marriage was rivet ing to Whilewatch.many of us have read the Pulitzer Prizewinning book by Alice Walker, or seen the Steven Spielberg movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey, “The Color Purple: The Musical” adds soulful music with blues, gospel and jazz that stirs theItspirit.wasdirected and cho reographed by Gerry McIntyre a with musical director Darryl Archibald. We follow Celie (Angela Wildflower) as she begins her young life playing with her sister, Nettie (Erica Durham), the only person she cares about who both seem happy and go lucky despite being raised by their abusive father. Soon we are shocked by learning Celie is pregnant by incest for the second time at the age of 14 and is forced to give both of her children away.Soon after, Celie is forced to marry another abusive man, Mister (Ken Robin son), and must cook, clean his home, endure his men tal and physical abuses and raise his many children. Nettie has ambitions of becoming a teacher and runs away from her father only to be preyed upon my Mister. Celie helps her escape from Mister, who then bans Celie from ever seeing her sister again. With a story starting out like this, it is hard to imag ine that the musical is not a sad, tearful event, but instead it evolves into joyful moments of dance, song, comedy and laughter. You can’t help but cheer with the crowd when the ensem ble puts so much passion into their performance. When life is hard, you have to work harder. Snatch those bits of joy when you can.You have to find the courage to grab what you want out of life and take chances. You should listen to advice from those close to you that you respect and love. It doesn’t always work out but at least you tried something to change your circumstances.Sometimes the people you hate can repent and do good deeds and it’s OK to give them second chances. Have faith in God, but take action and help him along the way. These were the themes the musical show cased.Though I wasn’t familiar with any of the music, I truly enjoyed each and every song and sultry dance.This professional pro duction had a truly spec tacular cast. Angela Wildflower was tremen dously talented in every way and the audience let her know it with thunder ous applause when singing her show stopping ballad “I’m Here.” Celie had a “Greek Chorus” that made us laugh every time they entered the scene along with Harpo (Mathew Fred erick Harris) and his side kick Squeak (Dominique Paton).Shug Avery (Christina Acosta Robinson) was sex on a stick who commanded attention whenever she stepped onto the stage, and Sofia (Amma Osei) got us riled up with her preaching advice in “Hell No!” I really enjoyed “Big Dog” and it reminded me of going to Chippendales many years ago! The most interesting scene and choreography was the opening number to Act Two called “Africa.” There was so much energy from both the stage and the audience all during the show and the standing ovation at the end was proof of its success. Music Circus is theater in the round, located in Down town Sacramento and brings in talent from both local sources and from all over the USA to perform a different show every week during their summer sea son. Check them out next year! Charr Crail/Courtesy photo

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Noblezada, Simon Pegg, Jane Flula Borg, Lil Rel Howery, Colin berger, Adelynn Spoon Available via: Apple TV+

By Derrick Bang Enterprise film critic It has been said — of some poor souls — that if they didn’t have bad luck, they’d have no luck at all.Sam Greenfield (voiced by Eva Noblezada) falls into that cate gory. Toasters malfunction, door knobs fall apart, bicycle tires go flat and pump handles break. Sadly, she also has spent her entire life at the Summerland Home for Girls, as an orphan never lucky enough to find new parents who would offer her a “forever home.” Now, having just turned 18, she has “aged out” and must make her own way in the big, bad world.Director Peggy Holmes’ “Luck” is the newest release from Sky dance Animation, and the first to emerge since former Pixar guru John Lasseter came on board in early 2019. Although Lasseter is credited solely as co-producer, this film definitely has familiar, Pixar-esque elements that sug gest he had a guiding hand in shaping the script: not least of which is the aforementioned first act, as the characters of Sam and her adolescent best friend Hazel (Adelynn Spoon) are established. Hazel, poised to meet an adop tive couple who might become her “forever family,” has stacked the deck as only a child could: with a cigar box filled with goodluck tokens. She needs only a “lucky penny” to complete what she believes will be her can’t-miss shot at Sam,happiness.although desperate to oblige, has enough trouble coping with her own newly acquired adult responsibilities … starting with a darling studio apartment that conspires to make her late for her first day as a clerk at an arts and crafts big box store. This emporium is run by the cheerful Marvin (Lil Rel Howery), who — upon seeing how Sam makes utter hash of even simple assign ments — wisely sends her outside on “cart patrol.” At the end of this long, acci dent-prone day, a dejected Sam sits on the curb and impulsively shares her panini with a stoic black cat. After it departs, she spots — could it be? — a lucky penny.Sam’s subsequent investigation of this coin’s power is a riot, par ticularly with respect to its con trol over the jelly-side-down principle. But this applies only when the penny is in her posses sion; she guards it carefully, intending to pass it along to Hazel.Alas, not carefully enough. When Sam bemoans the loss of her penny, next time she sees the black cat, she’s astonished when it suddenly berates her (in Simon Pegg’s best Scottish burr). Real izing its error, the feline flees; this prompts a cleverly choreo graphed chase sequence through out the city streets, culminating when Sam sees the cat activate a glowing green portal to some where … and impulsively follows it through.Atwhich point we enter the Land of Luck, where this film’s script begins to lose its way. Although the basic premise is solid — that this mystical realm, equal parts good luck and bad luck, is essential to how our Earthian lives are shaped — the execution becomes random, clumsy and needlessly over stuffed. Seven (!) writers are cred ited, likely with more behind the scenes, and they clearly didn’t gel; one gets the impression that they made stuff up as they went along, with no logical blueprint by way of Theguidance.cat,now identified as Bob, serves as a reluctant guide only because he’d get into even more trouble for having allowed a human to enter this realm. Sam meets Bob’s personal leprechaun, Gerry (Colin O’Donoghue), and is advised to avoid the laser-eyed scrutiny of The Captain (Whoopi Goldberg), the realm’s head of security. The notion that Sam could pass as one of the Good Luck realm’s leprechauns is an eyebrow lift; her glaring height aside, she lacks pointy ears. Insisting that she’s a “tall Latvian leprechaun,” as Bob proposes, doesn’t pass the smell test.Sam’s determination to acquire another lucky penny subse quently involves chaos at the Penny Depot; the unleashing of a special penny-seeking drone; a visit to the “In-Between,” the space between Good and Bad Luck Lands; bad luck “specks”; the massive Bad Luck Apparat and companion Randomizer; and Bad Luck Land, with its assortedEverything“monsters.”but the kitchen sink.The creatures involved, along the way, are an odd bunch. An ancient dragon named Babe (Jane Fonda) is a logical choice as the CEO of Good Luck Land, but what are we to make of the goats and giant roots that inhabit Bad Luck Land? Or the fact that one of the latter — dubbed Rootie (Lasseter good luck charm John Ratzenberger), this underland’s mayor — inexplicably runs a tiki bar?I’ve no doubt very young view ers will adore this film, focusing on the Sam/Bob dynamic, the colorful animation and wacky, pell-mell adventures (however illogical). But little will appeal to older viewers, who likely will respond with a shrug. Lasseter apparently failed to impart the wisdom of catering to all ages, to his new Skydance col leagues.More’s the pity. — Be sure to join Derrick when he hosts 1963’s “The Pink Pan ther” at 7:01 Sunday, as the first in a series of light-hearted heist films, presented at the Davis Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St. Read more of his film criticism davisenterprise.com.Commenthttp://derrickbang.blogspot.com.atonthisreviewatwww.

DMTC to open ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Courtesy photo Local musician Nat Lefkoff earned the Davis Independent Music Initiative, a grant-funded project that seeks to improve the quality of music produced in Davis.

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‘Luck’: Animated adventure could use a bit more

Special to The Enterprise Davis Musical Theatre Company (underwritten by Betty J. Paro) present the timeless family fairy tale, “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” from Sept. 9 through Oct. 2, at the Jean Henderson Performing Arts Center, 607 Pena Drive No. 10 in Davis. Based on the feature-length Disney animated movie, this Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Tim Rice and Linda Wool verton musical tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchant ress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his castle staff will be doomed for all eternity.

The show is filled with all the wonderful music from the Disney animated classic, including: “Be Our Guest,” “Gaston,” and the title song “Beauty and the Beast.” Jan Isaacson will direct and choreo graph, with Boris Karpuk (musical direc tion). Featured performers include J. Sing (Che in “Evita”) as the Beast, Julia Hixon (Ariel in DMTC’s 2018 “The Little Mermaid”) as Belle, and Andrea Eve Thorpe (Donna in “Mamma Mia”) as Mrs.“BeautyPotts. and the Beast” plays on Fri days and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., Sept. 9 through Oct. 2. Tickets are $18 General; $16 Students & Seniors (55 and older). They can be pur chased online at dmtc.org (there is a $2 facility fee per ticket on a purchase, cash, charge, phone, Internet or in person), or by calling Purchase530-756-3682.ticketsathttps://dmtc.org or php?show=132893.https://app.arts-people.com/index.

the caption, “my reaction to your music on a latenight drive.” That, he says, was a different kind of watershed. “It’s a cathartic experience to write and perform, but that kind of feedback — which is totally new — feels like magic, like making a spell, and it hits someone else’s ears and creates a physical response.”Iimmediately asked him which musicians do that for him, and he rattled off a far-ranging list including Kendrick Lamar and Bon Iver, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, Sufjan Stevens and Aesop Rock. He adds that Touring with Sacra mento-based Hobo John son in winter of 2021 was “amazing and what struck me was I felt lucky and fortunate to be on this path.”We ended our conversa tion by talking about the challenges of being an independent musician in the age of streaming, a topic I’ve covered at vari ous points. It’s hard to make a living when a very small portion of streaming revenue ever reaches the artists. I asked Lefkoff about his numbers on major platforms such as Spotify and Band Camp. “The song ‘Great White Plains’ blew up, with 600,000 plays on Spotify alone,” he says. “I average 27,000 streams per month, about 1.5 million total since 2017. Highschool me would be really proud but … it’s not enough,” he adds, “simply because having that many listeners around the world won’t actually reliably fill seats in venues.” “It’s part of the human condition to always worry about the next hill to climb, and I think that’s especially true for musi cians because listeners will always change and people have short attention spans.” But he notes, “this past year I’ve been happier than I’ve ever been, doing what I love, and going after it with everything I have.”Learn more about Lefkoff at Band.Sept.letshowmusic.cannatlefkoff.com/https://www.whereyoualsofindlinkstohisHeplaysaSept.16atHarlow’sTheStarRoominSacramento16withMoxythe — Autumn LabbeRenault is executive direc tor of Davis Media Access in Davis, where she also advocates for nonprofits in the arts & culture sector. This article wraps four years as chair of Arts Alli ance Davis.

Although Bob the cat regards the Land of Luck’s workings as “just another day at the office,” Sam — a human in a realm where she doesn’t belong — is amazed by all of its wonders.

Julia Hixon, left, (as Belle) dances with J. Sing (as the Beast) in “Disney’sproductionDMTC’sofBeauty & the Beast.” Courtesy photo Art Farm Exhibition opens Sept. 8 at The Barn Special to The Enterprise In its 15th year, YoloArts’ Art & Ag Proj ect celebrates the landscape of Yolo County farms, and art created on farms. The Art Farm Exhibition features works of art cul tivated during the 2022 season of artist visits to local farms and farmlands in Yolo County.Thisyear’s exhibition opens to the public with a reception on Sept. 8 at The Barn Gallery in Woodland and includes the largest assembly of art in the exhibition’s his tory with more than 125 works by 97 local and regional artists. The Art Farm exhibition runs through Nov. 18 at The Barn Gallery, 512 Gibson Road in TicketsWoodland.forthefundraising Art Farm Gala go on sale Sept. 8 and will be available for purchase at the opening reception, and at yoloarts.org.

Messy storyline will appeal only to very young viewers

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FIVE EASY PICKS: This week’s guaranteed winners are Oklahoma (over Texas-El Paso), Miami, Fla. (over BethuneCookman), Auburn (over Mer cer), Baylor (over Albany) and Alabama (over Utah State).

STANFORD over COLGATE ... The Flying Toothbrushes are no match for the Cardinal. WASHINGTON STATE over IDAHO ... The boys from Pull man will not “Coug” this one against a former Pacific Coast Conference rival.

Another great FBS challenge for your Aggies TOUGH: Cal’s stadium

SACRAMENTO STATE over UTAH TECH ... Dixie State may have changed its name, but it will make no difference as the powerful Hornets pick up where they left off a year ago.

— Contact Bob Dunning at prise.net.bdunning@davisenter

NORTH DAKOTA STATE over DRAKE ... Ho-hum, the start of another championship run for the bruising Bison.

SAN DIEGO over LAVERNE (AND SHIRLEY) ... The Toreros tune up for their Sept. 17 appear ance at UC Davis Health Sta dium.

ROUT OF THE WEEK: USC over Rice ... Pretty much every thing goes well over Rice.

OTHER GAMES: UCLA over Bowling Green, Washington over Kent, Nebraska over North Dakota, Michigan State over Western Michigan, Virginia Tech over Old Dominion, Kansas over Tennessee Tech, Texas A&M over Sam Houston, Michigan over Colorado State, North Carolina State over East Carolina, Con necticut over Central Connecti cut, Iowa over South Dakota State, Maryland over Buffalo, Navy over Delaware, Virginia over Richmond, Air Force over Northern Iowa, Marshall over Norfolk State, Ole Miss over Troy, BYU over South Florida, Georgia Southern over Morgan State, Wisconsin over Illinois State, Kentucky over Miami (Ohio), Vanderbilt over Elon, Kansas State over South Dakota, Tulane over Massachusetts, Arkansas State over Grambling, Mississippi State over Memphis, Texas our Louisiana-Monroe, South Carolina over Georgia State, Texas Tech over Murray State, Clemson over Georgia Tech, Iowa State over Southeast Missouri, Montana over North western State, and Montana State over McNeese. — Contact Bob Dunning net.bdunning@davisenterprise.at remains one of the great, historic venues for

UPSET OF THE WEEK: Boise State over Oregon State ... As much as it pains this native Oregonian, the Beavers are noto riously slow starters.

AGGIES over CAL ... Here we go again. Another great FBS challenge to open the season in one of the most storied venues in all of college football - Straw berry Canyon. So many great memories there. Cal is good, but notThegreat.Aggies will not be intimi dated. Another notch on the long list of UC Davis shockers. Take the Ags by 7.

DON’T BET ON IT, BUT: Utah over Florida ... Who knew the Utes would become the Best in the West?

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THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 B7Sports opponents from the Big Sky Conference are not a walk in the park. Gilliam, incidentally, is back for another crack at the Bears after rushing for 89 yards on 19 carries in 2019. As he closes in on the all-time UC Davis career rushing record, Gil liam has already been selected as the Big Sky's preseason Offensive Player of the Year. He is also the first Aggie ever to be selected as team captain three years running. "I'm all in for a chal lenge," Gilliam said of playing against Cal. "These tough games build charac ter."The Aggie-Cal series dates all the way back to 1932 and a 20-6 Cal win over the University Farm. The teams met for eight consecutive years in what appeared to be a perma nent series before a lack of competitiveness from UCD called a halt to the rivalry after the 1939 sea son.During one six-year stretch beginning in 1933 when the Aggie team bus apparently left the offense in Davis, Cal won by scores of 39-0, 54-0, 47-0, 39-0, 14-0 and 48-0. The rivalry resumed in 2010 with the same result, a 52-3 Cal rout, with the next game not coming until 2019. Cal is on the Aggie schedule again in 2024.While many college football powers are plow ing under old stadiums and building state of the art facilities, Memorial Stadium remains as one of the historic venues in the game.Opened on November 24, 1923 in time for the Big Game against Stan ford, Memorial Stadium had an original seating capacity of 72,609 and was built at a cost of $1.43 mil lion.Impetus for the new sta dium — the old California Field seated only 25,000 — came from three straight undefeated sea sons under coach Andy Smith from 1920-22. The 1923 Big Game was witnessed by 80,000 fans — 73,000 in the new sta dium and another 7,000 on what became known as "Tightwad Hill" above the stadium.Thestadium was expanded to 78,671 in 1926 and set an all-time attendance record of 83,000 for a 1947 game against Navy, then under went a whopping $321 million renovation in 2010 that among other things was designed to reduce seismic risk from the Hayward Fault that runs right under the field of Haywardplay. Fault or not, an Aggie win over the Golden Bears on Saturday would certainly register high on the Richter scale.

GEORGIA over OREGON Fans in Eugene are excited about this one. Unfortunately, the game is in Atlanta.

Every year at this time, when our hometown heroes wearing the Blue and Gold open the football sea son against a big-time FBS opponent, I face the same dilemma.DoIpick the underdog Aggies and risk being called a “homer,” even though in my heart I know they will pull the upset of the century?OnFriday, Sept. 16, of 2005, I issued the following forecast on the eve of the Aggies taking on mighty Stanford: “AGGIES OVER STANFORD ... Before the fans in the cheap seats yell “Homer” at the AbovePictured Columnist, let’s con sider the facts: The Aggies are winless and the Cardinal is undefeated, which means Stan ford is ripe for the picking. Take the Ags by 1.” The Aggies scored a touch down with 8 seconds left to complete a comeback from a 17-0 deficit to stun Stanford, 20-17. As far as I’m concerned, the outcome was never in doubt.Last year in the season opener at FBS Tulsa, one “expert” fore casting service picked the Golden Hurricane, 41-0. I wrote “Take the Ags by 4.” I was so wrong. The Ags won by 2. I face a similar dilemma this Saturday when the Aggies are a three-touchdown underdog against the California Golden Bears, despite the fact Dan Hawk-ins says flatly that this is the best team, talent-wise, in UC Davis’ long and glorious football history.Even greater, perhaps, than the team that defeated the Woodland American Legion, 12-7, in 1924. To see how I resolved this problem, check the forecast below.This week’s picks are as fol lows: OHIO STATE over NOTRE DAME ... For now, the Buckeyes are the best team in the country. By far.

Members of the Davis High girls water polo team work on their passing skills during the team’s first practice at Arroyo Pool on Aug. 17.

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prevail in Berkeley on Saturday against a team they've never beaten in 10 tries, it will indeed be an upset of historic propor tions.Not that Cal, coming off that 5-7 season, is expected to crack the top 10 nationally over even seriously compete for the Pac-12 title.Still, Wilcox likes what he has seen in the four weeks of fall camp. He's also hoping to build on the momentum the Bears built at the end of the 2021 sea son when they beat Stanford, 41-11, in the Big Game and two weeks later dropped USC, 24-14. Wilcox, 26-28 as he enters his sixth season in Berkeley, report edly turned down the head job at Oregon, his alma mater, in the off-season, surprising a number of observers who feel another losing season may well end his tenure at Cal. A loss to the Aggies would certainly hasten thatWhiledeparture.Calhas owned this series with 10 straight wins, the Aggies did jump to a 10-0 first quarter lead the last time these two played in 2019, as Ulonzo Gilliam scored on a 2-yard run with the game just 76 seconds old and Max O'Rourke booted a 40-yard field goal. Cal rebounded to take a 13-10 lead at half, but another O'Rourke field goal, this one from 32 yards, tied things early in the third quarter before the Bears put together two long touchdown drives to put the gameLastaway.year the Bears needed everything they could muster to stop Sacramento State, 42-30, so Wilcox should have no trouble convincing his troops

One has to admit: It's kind of hard for an NFL team to let go a quarter back who led your team to two NFC Champion ship Games in the last three seasons. One taking place at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara and the other at SoFi Stadium in Ingle wood. Yours truly has shared his stories at being at both games, so no need to rehash them again.

Later in my adult life, I umpired competitive softball games and tour naments, from 10U to 18 Gold teams. So, I know what it's like to have a coach, player and fans ride you if yours truly made a bad call.

Here is something today's high school coaches, student-athletes must know: Umpires and game officials are human beings, too. If you're a fan who likes to ride an umpire or game official because of a bad call, I have a sugges tion for you. Why don't you umpire or officiate for one sea son? Be it football, vol leyball, basketball, soccer, baseball or softball. Then you can say you've been in the shoes of a game official or umpire.Allhigh school coaches, student-athletes and fans should be posi tive to those involved in the games. Including game officials. Look at the glass half-full.

Blue Devils look to build on dominance

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By Mike BUSH Enterprise sports editor What is Davis High girls water polo head coach Doug Wright and the 2022 squad going to do for an encore this season? Repeat from last season, if not Wrightgreater.has 13 players returning from the 2021 Blue Devil squad that won the Delta League and SacJoaquin Section Division I titles. Davis also advanced to the California Interscho lastic Federation NorCal Girls Water Polo Champi onships Division I. “We have good depth, good to great talent at spe cific positions, good speed and a high water polo IQ,” WrightKenziesaid.Walker, a fouryear starter who had made a verbal commitment to Cal this summer, will occupy the center spot for the Blue Devils. Walker was second in scoring on the team with 89 goals last sea son, plus 39 assists. Utility player Malaya Wright, another four-year starter, and attacker Claire Miller round out the seniors. Wright was third in scoring in 2021 with 74 goals.Wright displays lighting quickness on defense, be it on one end of the swim ming pool or the middle, which reflected in one important category for the Blue Devils last season. That was steals, which she had 57 last season. “She has turned into one heck of a player,” said Doug Wright of his youngest daughter and sixth in the family.Those Blue Devils returning are seniors, start ing with goalies Kappa Martin and Hailey Pisto chini.Malaya, along with Walker and Miller, will serve as tri-captains this season.Sixjuniors are returning from playing as sopho mores during the 2021 season.Lupie Lapuz, another utility player, joins attacker Leila Meraz, center Rylie Johnson, attacker Kyla Cutler and utility players in Sierra Johnson and Ava Portello, are back. Doug Wright has four newcomers on this year’s team are all juniors who were on the DHS junior varsity team last season. Center Alia Cordone and utility Cata Taylor join Mike Bush/enterprise photos

There's a lot of talent there. These guys are awfully eager to get going. We have high hopes forThethem."game against Cal is yet another step up in the season opener as the Football Champi onship Subdivision Aggies take on the Football Bowl Subdivi sionLastBears.year the Aggies faced a similar challenge at FBS Tulsa and stunned the Golden Hurri cane, 19-17, in the season opener for both schools. Many UCD alums will never forget that heart-stopping 20-17 win over Stanford back in 2005 when the Aggies rallied from a 17-0 deficit to defeat the Cardi nal on a 3-yard TD pass from Jon Grant to Blaise Smith with just eight seconds left in the game.So,upsets do happen, and make no mistake, if the Aggies

With high hopes bal anced against per haps the toughest schedule in school history, UC Davis will open the 2022 foot ball season Saturday against the University of California Golden Bears, a team with high hopes of itsGameown. time in 63,000-seat Memorial Stadium in Straw berry Canyon on the Berkeley campus is 1 p.m. Of course, with every team in the country, from the highest levels of college football all the way down to Pop Warner, opti mism reigns supreme at this time of year before even a single down has been played. "With all due respect to all the great teams we've had here, I think this is the best Aggie foot ball team in the history of Aggie football," UC Davis head coach Dan Hawkins said flatly.

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n In the Feb. 3 edition of my column, I said Jimmy Garoppolo had a great ride with the San Francisco 49ers. Well, the 49ers are giv ing him an extra season. On Monday, the 49ers and Garoppolo agreed to a restructured, 1-year contract that would give him $6.5 million guaran teed plus incentives.

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"Up and down the roster we have talent at every position. And the culture of this team is through the roof. We know how good Cal is, but it's really about going out on Saturday afternoon and being the best version of ourselves."Countered Cal head coach Justin Wilcox, coming off a dis appointing 5-7 campaign when the Bears averaged just 22 points a game, "We have a lot of new faces, but we're excited and very optimistic about this group.

Davis High girls water polo player Malaya Wright throws the ball to a teammate during practice at Arroyo Pool on Aug. 17. Malaya, a senior who is the sixth and youngest daughter of DHS head coach Doug Wright, was recently named the team captain for a third consecutive season. Mihret Lynch and Alice Roggenbuck to round out the 17-player roster. Cordone has already let tered in a varsity sport dur ing the 2021-22 school year. She started in the front court on the DHS girls basketball team, which took second place in the Delta League and earned a section D-I playoff berth last winter. There are two minor dif ferences in the Blue Devils thisOne,season.they are not competing in the Western States Tournament, which they competed in last“Butseason.have added in a few more head-to-head,” said Doug Wright of nonleague matches.Tri-City Athletic League power Lodi is one of those head-to-head teams. The Flames burned the compe tition on their way to a sec tion D-II title last fall. Davis and Lodi will face each other in a non-league game at Arroyo Pool on Tuesday.Thesecond difference is no Lindsay Taylor and Maddie Walker. Both fouryear players who graduated in June. Taylor, who was an attacker, is now attending Indiana University. Walker, a goalie, is at UC Santa Barbara. Both are going to compete on their respective women’s water polo college teams.However, this is DHS girls water polo, where they just“Getreload.better,” Doug Wright said. “Come together. Win section title (No.) 18 and return to the regional finals.” This is also the last sea son that Doug will be coaching Malaya, who is the youngest of six Wright children.“Itwill be much like the last few years with the exception that every prac tice, event and/or competi tion is my last one with her,” said Doug of Malaya. “The last 10 years is a blur. I couldn’t imagine her doing anything else but water polo. She never had much of a choice but always seemed to enjoy being in the water and around her friends. I really just want to enjoy the season to help her, and her teammates reach our goals. “She has for the most part has played in the shad ows of others. However, she seems to enjoy making other players better and always looks to make me and the team laugh.”

My wethoughtsrandomasheadinto the Labor Day week end. n The Sac-Joaquin Section is making it perfectly clear to high school coaches’, stu dent-athletes’ and fans’ behavior toward game officials stretch ing from Yuba City to Mariposa: If you get into an altercation with an official at a game, you will pay the price that will stay with you for the rest of your life. During the annual Media Day meeting inside its Lodi office on Aug. 18, Assistant Com missioner Will DeBoard told the media about this newThererule.have been situa tions in recent years, before and after the pan demic, regarding behav ior against game officials. The Buhach Colony-Del Campo baseball playoff series last spring is the most notable one. Under the section's Physical Assault of a Game or Event Official, any yearsmanmerbaseballwasbecausechargingataandcoaches,both.exceedingtimeexceedingpunishablesportsperson243.8,CaliforniamaystatedbeenforcementMoreFederationforniaofficereportedCalifornia,ofininappropriateathleticattendingmanentlyleticanto,officialpersonphysicallycoachstudent-athlete,orspectatorwhoassaultstheofagameoreventimmediatelypriorduring,orfollowinginterscholasticathcontestshallbeperbannedfrominterscholasticcontest.Ontopofthat,thebehaviorthesectionortheresttheninesectionsinwillbetothesectionaswellastheCaliInterscholasticStateOffice.importantly,lawwouldalsonotified.ThebylawalsofurtherthatthepersonalsobesubjecttoPenalCodewhichstatesthataassaultingaofficialcouldbebyafinenot$2,000orinacountyjailnotoneyear,orDohighschoolstudent-athletesfansgetupsetwhencalldoesn'tgotheirwaytimes?Yes.Butthatdoesn'tmeanagameofficialofabadcall.ThefirstjobIeverhadumpiringyouthgamesthesuminbetweenmyfreshandsophomoreatLivingstonHigh.

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